Which French composer spent much of his career in Italy, where he worked for
various dukes as well as in the Sistine Chapel in Rome? Although he possessed
a temperamental and egotistical personality, because of his remarkable talent he
could command a large salary and like the artist Michelangelo was considered to
be a prodigy of nature and without peer.
a. Josquin
b. Machaut
c. Palestrina
d. Corelli
e. Vivaldi
A
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A) air de cour B) cabaletta C) preghiera D) brindisi
Girolamo Mei, Giovanni Bardi, and Vincenzo Galilei were among a group of prominent Italians who gathered together to discuss literature, science, and the arts of the day. One purpose of this group, known as the ____, was to create a modern music that approximated the vocal declamation of ancient Greek tragedy
A) Monteverdi-Artusi cabal B) Le nuove musiche C) Florentine Camerata D) Council of Trent
It may be said of early medieval Western books that they were
a. transcribed and decorated by hand. b. prepared for and by monks and clerics rather than laypeople. c. made from vellum or parchment and often other costly materials. d. All these answers are correct.
Ghiberti's style is
a. aligned by orthogonals of true perspective. b. realistic. c. classically inspired. d. All these answers are correct.